Dr Rolfhamre has published articles in international, peer-reviewed academic journals and has produced several CD recordings as a performing artist. Between 2016–2018, he was appointed Editor in Chief for the Norwegian Journal of Musicology Online (Editorial Board Member since 2018) now renamed as Norwegian eJournal of Music Research, and between 2015–2018, he was Editorial Board Member of Studia Musicologica Norvegica.

Dr Rolfhamre has received several scholarships and awards, including Agder Academy of Sciences and Letters’ Research Prize for Young Researchers, Vest-Agder County Council’s Artist Scholarship and The Norwegian Arts Council’s Artist Scholarship (Diversestipend). He is an elected member of the Agder Academy of Sciences and Letters.